Trump wins his peace prize from Fifa – any chance of a VAR review? At a gaudy and gauche World Cup draw, Gianni Infantino went all out to flatter the world’s most precious ego

David Smith, unsurprisingly, cooked with this scene piece.

"To the surprise of no one, Donald Trump won the inaugural Fifa peace prize on Friday at a cheesy, gaudy and gauche World Cup draw expertly designed to flatter the world’s most precious ego." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘We’re not going anywhere’: how unionization ‘whirlwind’ set stage for historic Starbucks strike Four years after workers at a Starbucks store in upstate New York became the first to unionize, hundreds of outlets followed – defying intense resistance from the coffee chain. What happened next?

My colleague @msainato.bsky.social has spent the past few years covering the union drive inside Starbucks stores.

With thousands of baristas now on strike across the US, he filed this big read on how the world's largest coffee chain got here — and what might happen next.

Read on @theguardian.com:

This is so good @kimischilling.bsky.social!

Patrick Mahomes was chasing Super Bowl history. He left humbled and harassed The Chiefs may well contend for the championship again next season. But Sunday’s loss to the Eagles exposed problems that had been there all year

"The Chiefs entered the game chasing history. They left with their heads spinning, having been outplayed, outcoached and, most surprising of all, outclassed at quarterback," writes Guardian sports writer Oliver Connolly.

Thanks Graham

It's worth the wait, promise

Just been at a Davos business lunch. Chatham House rules so can't reveal much, but one business speaker signalled agreement with the previous one by saying, "let me just double click that". Is this a thing?

100 Foot Wave Surfed at Maverick’s? Potentially. Alessandro “Alo” Slebir has possibly broken the Guinness World Record for largest wave ever surfed with a 108-footer.

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Great Guinness heist: thieves stole truck carrying 20,000 pints Revealed: lorry with 400 kegs of the Irish stout onboard disappeared from Northamptonshire depot, sources say

Excl: The Great Guinness Heist - as Britain reeled from a shortage of the black stuff, thieves pounced on a truckload of Guinness and made good their escape.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

and cut a few days from January? i'm in

Just looked up the elevation on this – think my new year's resolution might be to complain less about hills around New York

Nice! What was your favorite run of the year?

‘You’ve got nothing to lose’: Labour’s ‘bonus MPs’ aim to make their mark after surprise wins Some of the 33 MPs elected in non-target seats have already made a big impression as they settle into unexpected roles

Great piece by @jessicaelgot.bsky.social‬ on how Labour's “bonus MPs”, who won non-target seats this year, are adjusting to Westminster after their unexpected victories

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This is great:

Meet the Parkrunners heading out on Christmas Day in the UK (and Diana, who is putting the rest of us to shame)

the bias meter would surely respond badly to such a pro-elf take

This really is a work of art

Feels like we need a separate Last Three Weeks of the Year in review

Manhattan, NY

📷 Manhattan, NY

A holiday miracle!

How?!

Eye-opening read by @msainato.bsky.social, who spoke to grocery store workers hit by surging grocery prices:

No hat?

Noah Lyles: ‘America has a winner’s mentality. That’s the good and the bad’ The Olympic 100m champion plays a starring role in the second season of Netflix documentary Sprint. And he is still as outspoken as ever

Noah Lyles on racing YouTuber IShowSpeed, and people who think it 'degrades the sport':

“I just put track and field on the map – and I didn’t even have to try. If we’re always gonna keep this idea that everything is beneath us, then we’re not gonna get anywhere”

👀 interview by @bydrew.bsky.social:

This is encouraging...

Trump’s tariff plan will send prices ‘through the roof’, warn US firms US manufacturers are bracing for disruption and sounding the alarm that customers will be hit by price increases

🗞️ Latest for @us.theguardian.com:

Tariff is “the most beautiful word in the dictionary”, according to President-elect Trump. Many US firms are unconvinced

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Trump’s tariff threat sets stage for bitter global trade war Trade experts hail ‘new era of protectionism’ with targeted countries retaliating with their own tariffs

Trump's tariffs set stage for new trade war – for @theguardian.com:

Beach in Queens, NY

📷 Sunday — Queens, NY

Revealed: Saudi Arabia accused of modifying official #COP29 negotiating text

- Exclusive: News of changes to usually non-editable Presidency document ‘risks placing climate summit in jeopardy', says one expert

Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Katy Perry wins appeal in trademark legal case against Sydney fashion label Katie Perry Australian designer says she is devastated and heartbroken by US singer’s successful appeal, adding ‘trademark isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on’

Katy Perry vs Katie Perry: popstar wins appeal amid long-running legal battle with fashion label

@caitkelly.bsky.social reports

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